Each day millions of people visit Youtube to watch the latest video offerings posted by both amateur enthusiasts and professionals but did you know that you can generate a lucrative second income from uploading your video footage to other online sites? There are a number of alternative Video Sharing sites that actually pay you money for your efforts so why upload your footage for free when you can earn money online with video sharing sites from the comfort of your own home?

Video Sharing sites work on the critical mass principle which requires them to advertise heavily to promote their site and to encourage ordinary people to upload their video footage to share with the Global online community. Once they have a regular stream of visitors they will then start displaying relevant advertising next to your video offerings, which generate revenue for the video sharing site. The more visitors they generate, the greater the potential advertising revenue and the more the video sharing site makes a profit. Unfortunately some video sharing sites are reluctant to share this revenue with their members and in essence they are making money from your hard work and effort.

Thankfully an increasing number of video sharing sites are willing to give you a share of their advertising revenue. This means that each time adverts are displayed by the site against your video footage you can earn between 50 and 90% of the revenue generated. It is difficult to predict accurately how much this can be but if you uploaded 50 videos to the site and each of those generated just 50p per week, then you would earn £12.50 per week, just for uploading video footage that you may already have created! Over a year that is £650.

Now in reality you may need to target 5 or 6 sites to generate a monthly revenue which you are happy with.

Is It Really Worth Sharing My Videos Online?

The answer is most definitely yes. Video footage is guaranteed to attract interest because of its visual emphasis, much more than text or a static image such as a photograph. Because of this, advertising revenues can be much higher as visitors to the video sharing site are much more likely to stay on the page containing your video footage. That is why the search engine Google now utilise Youtube videos as a means of advertising because no one can resist watching a free video!

Which Video Footage Should I Use?

The beauty of the internet is that because it has a global reach, somewhere someone will be interested in what video footage you want to share no matter how surreal or how mundane you may think it is. However there here are out top tips for getting the most from video sharing sites and maximising your revenue;